B. Monkey

Starring:Asia Argento, Jared Harris, Rupert Everett, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Julie T. Wallace, Ian Hart, Tim Woodward, Bryan Pringle, Clare Higgins, Simone Bowkett, Marc Warren, Camilo Gallardo, Michael Carlin (II), Paul Ireland, Elizabeth Ash, Catherine Carter (II), Kate McGeever, Jason Ross, Amanda Boxer, Vincent Regan
Director: Michael Radford
Studio: Miramax
Product Type: DVD

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Cary Grant plays an absent-minded scientist working on a youth serum with little success. One afternoon, one of his test monkeys gets loose and works up a formula of its own, which then gets dropped into their water cooler. Shortly, Grant is tooling around in a sports car with his boss's voluptuous secretary (Marilyn Monroe). When his wife (Ginger Rogers) investigates, she too gets a dose and drags Grant off for a second honeymoon of all-night dancing. Meanwhile, Grant's elderly boss (Charles Coburn) is eager to get his hands on the formula--only Grant's formula isn't having the proper effect. Monkey Business is probably most familiar to Marilyn Monroe cultists, but it's Grant and Rogers who have the central roles and make the most of them. Rogers's adolescent emotional meltdown at a hotel and Grant leading a gaggle of boys on a scalping raid are only two of the movie's many richly funny set pieces, all directed by the nimble hand of Howard Hawks (His Girl Friday, Bringing Up Baby, Ball of Fire, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes). One of the last of the classic screwball comedies. --Bret Fetzer

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Marilyn Monroe, Cary Grant and Ginger Rogers star in this classic comedy about a chemist who discovers the secret of eternal youth. For years, Dr. Barnaby Fulton (Grant) has been working on a youth-restoring serum with little success - until the day a chimpanzee gets loose in the lab and accidentally concocts the exact formula Fulton has been searching for. The hilarity begins when, unbeknownst to anyone, the chimpanzee pours it into the office water cooler. For with each successive drink, everyone gets younger and younger. When Fulton's stunning secretary (Marilyn Monroe) and lovely wife get a taste of the potion, the chemical reaction is explosive and hilarious fun!

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Full of laughs, Ginger Rogers and Cary Grant are terrific........2007-05-16

The fountain-of-youth is what every middle-aged adult dreams about from time to time, aahhh, to be young again!

Ginger Rogers plays Edwina, the understanding wife of chemist Barnaby Fulton (Cary Grant). After working on his fountain-of-youth formula for two years, he has finally got it and it is time to do some experimental research. Let the fun begin! Both Edwina and Barnaby take the formula, and revert back to a day when they were full of boisterous energy. Being under the influence of the formula also brings up all sorts of unconscious behaviors and thoughts about each other to the surface, which brings about some tense conversation between the two of them later on.

Marilyn Monroe is incredibly sexy in her role as the boss's secretary. Moving and swaying her body with such precision, the viewer is captivated by her.

It doesn't stop there, more research must be done. More laughs, each comedic event builds on the next. This story does have a happy ending!

Monkey Business doesn't Monkey Around.......2007-04-10

This is one of my all time favorite screwball comedies. Cary Grant and Ginger Rogers, with a little Marilyn Monroe tossed in for spice, make a great couple. They are both great comedic actors and to me they had definite chemistry.

Marilyn plays the quintessential Marilyn, ditzy and sexy. Charles Coburn nearly steals the show with his usual gruff demeanor halted by his drinking the "fountain of youth" potion. His chasing Marilyn Monroe around the laboratory is a great scene.

"Well, I love you, you potato head.".......2006-01-01

You'd think with a cast including Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Marilyn Monroe and a chimpanzee all directed by the great Howard Hawks you'd have a side-splitter and a half, but you'd be wrong cause this snoozer barely even squeezed a chuckle out of me.

Cary Grant is a scientist working on a youth formula. Funny premise but it takes over 20 minutes before the chimpanzee mixes up some real youth formula and Grant accidentally takes it. The results are humorous, but the effects wear off too soon then Ginger Rogers drinks some and her take on the youth trip is just lame and even depressing. Finally at the end they both take it with unfunny results.

This movie was a great disappointment to me. Change the script, replace Grant with Fred MacMurray and replace Rogers with either Vera Miles or Katharine Hepburn and you'd have something.

I Liked This Movie!.......2005-08-23

Monkey Business (1958) not to be confused with the 1935 Marx Brothers movie with the same title is a very cute comedy and it stars Cary Grant as a scientist working on a formula that will delay the aging process but hasn't been having sucess but unknown to him one of his test monkeys mixes things in the formular and a janitor accidently puts it in the water cooler and when people start drinking the water they begin to act much younger then they are. This movie is pretty funny and also stars Ginger Rogers as Cary's wife and Marilyn Monroe plays a secretary. This is one of my favorite Cary Grant movies and I highly recommend this DVD!

Adorable!.......2005-08-13

Monkey Business is one of the cutest movies I have ever seen and it's just so funny to see Cary Grant and Ginger Rogers take the youth serum and act like children and they were great and also the monkey were absolutely adorable!

This movie is recommended highly!

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Monkeys Around With The Book (A Little)
A Great Movie.
My daughter LOVES this movie.
Dissapointing Movie
Good Family Movie, but No Monkeys

Summer of the Monkeys
Starring: Michael Ontkean , Leslie Hope , Wilford Brimley , Corey Sevier , and Katie Stuart
Director: Michael Anderson
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ASIN: B00008979A
Release Date: 2003-05-06

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Twelve-year-old Jay Berry Lee has one goal this summer: to buy his own pony. He plans to work long hours in his grandfather's general store to earn the money for it. But business is slow in this Great Plains farm town circa 1910, and his dream seems unreachable until the day he discovers a group of escaped circus monkeys. Despite his father's warnings and his mother's anger over his irresponsibility, Jay Berry tries everything in his power to capture the comical monkeys and claim the handsome reward offered by their owner. During his efforts, he learns important lessons about tenacity, charity, prioritizing his values, and, yes, monkeys.

Based on the award-winning novel by Wilson Rawls, Summer of the Monkeys brings together a snug ensemble of capable actors. The most recognizable cast members include Wilford Brimley (Cocoon) and the mild-mannered Michael Ontkean (Twin Peaks). Corey Sevier handles the role of Jay Berry Lee with the right blend of preteen adrenaline and emotion. Under the direction of Michael Anderson (Around the World in Eighty Days) the characters treat this moderately paced period piece with great care. Both the story and the dialogue are sensible without being sentimental, a quality that should appeal to all family members. Its clean, upbeat style may remind adult viewers of Disney's wilderness family classics of the 1970s. --Liane Thomas

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Based on the award-winning novel by Wilson Rawls, Disney's classic coming-of-age adventure offers a humorous and heartwarming story that spans generations. Beautifully filmed, SUMMER OF THE MONKEYS is an unforgettable tale about Jay Berry Lee, a 12-year-old boy growing up on a farm who dreams of buying the pony he loves. When his dog Rowdy wants to investigate a strange noise in "the bottoms" -- a place Jay is forbidden to go -- he reluctantly follows. Incredibly, they discover a band of four runaway circus monkeys who prove to be clever and elusive troublemakers. Once Jay learns there is a handsome reward for their return, the chase is on for a summer of fun, thrills, and danger. Along the way, Jay learns a lot more about monkeys and what's really important in life than he ever imagined! Including wonderful performances by veteran actors Wilford Brimley (COCOON, THE NATURAL), and Michael Ontkean (SLAP SHOT, POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE), SUMMER OF THE MONKEYS is a classic story of life-changing experiences your whole family will love!

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Monkeys Around With The Book (A Little).......2007-06-16

Set in the 1800s on the sunkissed prairies of Canada, Summer of the Monkeys follows the story of Jay (Corey Sevier), a young boy who dreams of getting enough money to buy a pony named Annie. When Jay finds four chimps (played by Henri, Antoinette, Jacques, and Dominique) who have fallen off a wrecked circus train and become lost, he realizes that if he turns them in he can collect a big reward -- money enough to buy Annie. Conflict enters the picture when Jay gets attached to the silly simians, and doesn't want to return them to the circus. But then his sister falls ill, and family needs money for her operation.

The movie is not as good as the book, and there is a lot less on the horse plot than equestrians will hope... still, it's a solid Disney movie.

A Great Movie........2007-04-03

I liked this movie. Great for children.

My daughter LOVES this movie........2007-01-21

I haven't had a chance to watch yet but my daughter loves this movie. She watches it all the time. When I couldn't find it in stores, I knew I'd be able to find it on Amazon.com. Thanks Amazon!!!

Dissapointing Movie.......2006-08-08

Having read the book and loved it, I looked forward to seeing this movie. Unfortunately, I was sadly disappointed in several ways. The portrayal of some the characters was different from the books - and not always in a good way. Jay Berry, instead of being just a lively, inquisitive country boy, was a feisty kid who was always getting in trouble of some kind. His mother came across as a Bible-thumper who was always quoting scripture in a way that even I, as a born-again Christian, found very irritating. It was also out of place, because at that time in many Bible-believing families, the father was considered the spiritual head of the family, and would have usually been the one leading the family devotions.
In the book the monkeys consisted of one chimp - the one that was known as the "hundred-dollar" monkey because he was worth the most money, and lots of little cappuchin monkeys, which I think makes the story funnier, more interesting and more original. But apparently the movie producers couldn't, or didn't want to come up with that many monkeys, so they settled for four chimps instead, which took something out of the original story.
The setting was a dissapointment too. The book is set in the Ozarks, but the movie looks like it was made out on the prairie somewhere, like Nebraska or Kansas. And in the scene where the kids nearly fall into the creek and drown, the parents obviously played favorites with the daughter -- while both kids were equally guilty of disobeying their mother, Daisy gets off the hook and Jau Berry gets in trouble.
Even the ending was a dissapointment. The fairy ring gets left out altogether, and while Jay's decision to give up the horse he wanted so that his sister's lame leg can be fixed was noble, the book ending was much better. There, everyone got what they wanted - Jay got his horse and his gun, his sister's leg gets fixed, and everything turns out wonderful.
If you are looking for a good experience with Summer of the Monkeys, read the book instead. This movie is nothing but a sorry imiation of the original story.

Good Family Movie, but No Monkeys .......2006-08-07

I liked this movie. The movie is full of fun and lots of little lessons for young and old alike. I only have one small complaint. There are no monkeys in this movie. Monkeys usually have long tails and the word excludes apes, including chimpanzees. My complaint comes because too many people already think of gorillas, orangutans and chimpanzees as monkeys, and children should learn better.

Jay Berry Lee (Cory Savier) is a young boy on the Great Plains just past the turn of the century. Jay Berry has his heart set on a beautiful mare. However, money is tight and Jay Berry quickly realizes that working Grandpa Sam Ferrans's (Wilford Brimley) store will not earn him money as fast as he would like. Help comes in the form of a troop of chimpanzees.

A circus train derailed near town, and now their owner is searching for them. Jay Berry accidentally finds the chimps in the "bottoms," where he is not supposed to go. The bottoms are adjacent to a river, and the land is marshy and treacherous, and scary-looking moon shiner Bayliss Hatcher (Don Francks, a veteran of dozens of television and movie appearances) makes his home there.

The movie alternates between the life that his parents, John Lee (Michael Ontkean, a veteran actor that has worked with Disney before) and Sara Lee (Leslie Hope, another veteran actor) think Jay Berry should prepare for, and the fantasies that Jay Berry seems to have. Thrown into this mix is that Jay Berry's sister, Daisy Lee (Katie Stuart), is handicapped and relies on Jay Berry a lot. Perhaps is would be more accurate to say that Jay Berry's parents rely on Jay Berry to watch over his younger sister.

Through the movie, we watch as Jay Berry fights with himself over the meaning of right and wrong. We watch Jay Berry get into situations that always seem to happen to us when we are young. While we would like to save Jay Berry, we also know that Jay Berry must conquer these situations on his own in order to grow up.

This movie does fall into the category of a "coming of age" movie. However, the use of the chimpanzees as a tool to aid in that growing up and the era in which the movie make this movie an enjoyable experience. I have watched this movie twice now. The second time I watched it I appreciated it better than the first time, which I usually find to be a good sign.

This movie was based on a book with the same title by Wilson Rawls. However, I have not read the book. Other reviewers have noted that the movie follows the book poorly, and have criticized the movie for its divergence. If you have read the book and you think you might be disappointed if the movie departs significantly from the book, you may wish to pass this movie by. If have not read the book and you like coming of age stories or family movies in general, then this movie will likely appeal to you.

This movie has some stylistic similarities to the Wilderness Family movies of the mid to late 70s, and if you liked those movies you would probably like this movie.

I think this movie is an excellent choice for a family film collection. There are a few tense moments, but those moments are short and this movie should be fine for even the youngest members of the family. Enjoy!

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VERY GOOD....AND VERY BELIEVABLE
Brings back memories
Love Story Secondary
A magnetic Asia Argento--heists and true love....
Hidden treasure

B. Monkey
Starring: Asia Argento , Jared Harris , Rupert Everett , Jonathan Rhys Meyers , and Julie T. Wallace
Director: Michael Radford
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ASIN: 6305744564
Release Date: 2000-03-21

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Director Michael Radford made a surprising about-face from his international hit Il Postino to this grungy British romantic crime thriller. Asia Argento (Dario's daughter and costar of Abel Ferrara's New Rose Hotel) is the title character, a street criminal whose specialty is breaking and entering: "I can get into anywhere." Jared Harris (Richard's son and Andy Warhol in I Shot Andy Warhol) is a bookish, shy schoolteacher with a yen for jazz who becomes smitten with Argento's sexy wildcat. Argento brings a vitality to the supercharged street thief trying to break with her past, but stick-in-the-mud Harris is restrained to a fault and Radford never quite finds the right chemistry to make their union any more than curious. Rupert Everett costars as a smart-mouthed, sleepy-eyed ne'er-do-well whose drug habit puts him deep in debt, and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers is Argento's volatile partner, a jittery young punk on a hair trigger. Radford has more fun with the villains than his ostensible hero; the film bubbles when they're on screen and the movie's single heist scene is a short, sharp, energized shot in the arm to a slowing story. Only Harris sticks out as an impossibly resolute saint who's dedicated his life to a passionate sinner. The conclusion reverberates with echoes of Straw Dogs, as remade by a kinder, gentler filmmaker. --Sean Axmaker

Description

Hot leading man Rupert Everett (AN IDEAL HUSBAND, MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING) stars in a sexy thriller that's all about jealousy, passion, revenge ... and a woman compelled to live her life on the edge! Tired of criminal activity, a wild and beautiful thief named B. (Asia Argento -- QUEEN MARGOT) begins to seek a way out of her dangerous profession. While trying to kick her addiction to crime, she finds love and a stable relationship with a naive schoolteacher (Jared Harris -- I SHOT ANDY WARHOL) ... until the dark secrets from B.'s past begin to creep into her new life! As ex-partners Paul (Everett) and Bruno (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers -- MICHAEL COLLINS) get back in the picture, B.'s harrowing balancing act threatens to come crashing down!

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VERY GOOD....AND VERY BELIEVABLE.......2007-04-06

I HAVE BOUGHT SEVERAL DOZEN FOREIGN FILMS SINCE DISCOVERING AMAZON. THE MAJORITY THAT I'VE GOTTEN A HOLD OF STINK FRANKLY. BUT THIS ONE DOES NOT. I LIKE IT SO MUCH I BOUGHT MORE TITLES THAT HAVE THIS ACTRESS ASIA ARGENTO IN THEM. THIS STORY IS VERY BELIEVEABLE, VERY " IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU." IF YOURE THINKING ABOUT IT...DO IT. THE PRICE HAS COME DOWN CONSIDERABLY SINCE I BOUGHT IT IN DEC 06. THE VERY LEAST I CAN SAY IS,
" IF YOU TRY THIS MOVIE AND DONT LIKE IT...YOU PROBABLY WONT LIKE ANY FOREIGN FILM. " TO ME, ITS KINDA COOL LIKE PULP FICTION WAS WHEN IT WAS RELEASED...AND STILL IS. AND EXTRA SPECIAL IS THE FACT THAT ITS IN ENGLISH- SO YOU DONT HAFTA TRY TO KEEP UP WITH THE DIALOUGUE AT THE BOTTOM!

Brings back memories.......2005-12-02

Watching this movie brought something of a bittersweet smile to my face as i was in a crazy on-and-off relationship with a woman just like Asia Argento's "Beatrice" character.

The performances and the soundtrack are top-notch and though the pacing of the film is a bit slow in spots, it's not too much of a detriment to the film and even serves the tension between the leads. the film is, at heart, a romance after all and it'd be a shame if they had rushed things.

If you want to see a neat little portrait of love both on and over the proverbial razor's edge, do yourself a favor and check this movie out

Love Story Secondary.......2005-09-10

This is one of the best movies I have ever seen. It is certainly a love story, but for me this is only important in that love is one of the things most of us look for in life. The deeper search, and this is where Asia'a character starts out, is for a life that is not "frayed at the edges," perhaps another way of saying "whole." What plays out is two people, driven in part, for certain, by their passion for each other, but even more for their passion for authenticity, who deepen themselve, each other and an amazing relationship through that search. It is the insistence of each of these people to fully honor themselves, individually, that causes them to succeed both in their personal quest and in love. It is they way they ultimately honor each other. This is a deep life lesson that is not learned by many, which, perhaps, is why so many reviewers miss it.

What they learn is that when they find themselves, "They Can't take that away from me," as the music that accompanies the credits at the end says.

A fantastic flic. Good music, color, cinematography, acting, editing and other things, too.

A magnetic Asia Argento--heists and true love...........2005-07-21

The right person can help you overcome your self-destructiveness. That's pretty much the moral of this oddly endearing love story/crime story.

The principal character--very strongly and naturally played by a not-at-all-inhibited Asia Argento (ie, lots of nudity). I was very impressed by the other main character, Jared Harris, an actor I had only seen previously as Andy Warhol (I Shot Andy Warhol). He's terrific. His voice is fabulous (something in common with dad, the late great Richard H.) He's a good guy, the clean-cut teacher who cares about his students, law-abiding, gentle, jazz-loving. She's the thief with a soft heart, looking for a reason to leave that life, looking for "family" (her childhood was not chipper). She's got an ersatz family (a dysfunctional one) with Rupert Everett (as a charming, drug-addled thief) and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers (as a pretty-boy, screwed up emotionally thief). They care about each other, but are also violent and volatile with each other.

The teacher gets pizzazz in his life from Beatrice (B Monkey); B. gets stability from him. But the dark elements of her character and her dangerous associates intrude into their lovey-dovey life, and they have to make tough decisions about how to continue together. It's very moving when Harris' character asks Beatrice, "If if was just you and me, and nothing else, would that be enough?" Ultimately, isn't that what true love may come down to? Is being with that person, like Adam and Eve, just the two of you, enough? Can you give up the thrills of a dangerous life and settle down and be happy?

The ending, violent and an ultimate test of loyalty and love, is explosive and appropriate given what came before. It's a satisfying, if gruesome conclusion to an askew love story.

I've never seen Miss Argento before, and I agree with the other reviewers that she is genuinely charismatic.

Hidden treasure.......2005-01-06

Why, oh why doesn't Hollywood make movies with this much heart and atmosphere?

This movie (i caught it 1st on cable) is so luscious, the performances so brilliant and believable that i was mesmerized. Asia Argento is amazing. She deserves to be a big star. This movie works on so many levels, the love story, the gritty underground scenes, it all fits together. And the music is wonderful, Portishead, Portishead, Portishead (and Barry White briefly) along with some wonderful old jazz.

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Enjoyable 1920s hokum
Dated, But Still Fascinating
amazing restoration
Wild in the streets (never trust a vegetarian)
Hmm

The Lost World (Restored Edition)
Starring: Bessie Love , Lewis Stone , Wallace Beery , Lloyd Hughes , and Alma Bennett
Director: Harry O. Hoyt
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ASIN: B00005ABVF
Release Date: 2001-04-03

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Every larger-than-life creature feature, from King Kong to Godzilla to Jurassic Park, owes a debt to the original Lost World, the granddaddy of giant monster movies. Based on an adventure fantasy by Arthur Conan Doyle, it's the story of a maverick scientist (Wallace Beery, under a bushy beard) who finds a land that time forgot on a plateau deep within the South American jungles and comes back to London with a captured brontosaur to prove it. His expedition includes Bessie Love, the daughter of an explorer who disappeared on the previous expedition, and big-game hunter Lewis Stone. The ostensible stars of the picture are all upstaged by Willis O'Brien's dinosaurs, simple models brought to life with primitive stop-motion animation. Hardly realistic by any measure, these pioneering special effects are still a sight to behold, especially the lumbering brontosaur (which receives the most care from O'Brien, both foraging in his jungle and rampaging through the streets of London).

The Lost World was truncated for rerelease in the 1930s and the original negative was subsequently lost. David Shepard meticulously "rebuilt" the film using material from eight different surviving prints from all over the world, cleaning and restoring along the way. The result, which is 50 percent longer than previously extant prints, is still not complete but closer than any version since its 1925 debut. The difference is not merely in restored scenes but in a rediscovered sense of grace in scenes filled out to their original detail and pace. The film moves and breathes once again like a silent film.

The disc features the choice of an original, modern score by the Alloy Orchestra and a classic orchestral score compiled and conducted by Robert Israel (both enjoyable and effective), 13 minutes of O'Brien's animation outtakes (including a couple of isolated frames that capture O'Brien manipulating his models), and rudimentary commentary by Arthur Conan Doyle historian Roy Pilot. --Sean Axmaker

Description

Newly restored with fifty percent more footage than any version in seventy years, here is the model for "King Kong," "Jurassic Park" and "Godzilla." A world wide sensation when it opened on February 15, 1925, "The Lost World" is a story of living dinosaurs from the Jurassic age written by the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and starring a cast of stegosaurus, allosaurus, brontosaurus, triceratops, and pterodactyl under the technical direction of Willis H. O'Brien (King Kong, Mighty Joe Young) and a cast of actors under the direction of Harry O. Hoyt.

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Enjoyable 1920s hokum.......2007-06-18

(NOTE)-This is NOT the restored version I am reviewing, although I would love to see that in the near future.

Overall, I really enjoyed this film. It's a good old fashioned, leave-your brains at the door and enjoy it tale (tail?) of delicious malarkey. A mad professor in England goes on a search for dinosaurs to complete the work of a deceased colleague. They bring a brontasaurus back to London and WATCH OUT!

Lovers of the original KING KONG (they has special effex pioneer Willis O'Brien and stop motion wild creatures on the loose in common) and old fashioned adventure films in general will get a big hoot out of the dino fights and the brontosaurus on the rampage in London. Oh, what FUN!

Unfortuantely, I saw the trimmed 63 minute version which leaves plot elements unclear and leaves the viewer wanting more of the dinos in action. Lon Chaney would have been excellent as the mad professor (a staple of old-time science fiction corn), although Wallace Beery is pretty good here. However, the white servant in blackface and his grossly stereotyped dialogue left a nasty taste in my mouth, so I had to FF him on my remote control.

In either case, this whets one's appetitie for restored version. Enjoy.

Dated, But Still Fascinating.......2007-01-07

The Lost World in an interesting film for several reasons. First, it is an entertaining and early look at dinosaurs on the screen. Second, the animation was done by Willis O'Brien who also worked on King Kong. Finally, the film boasts a wonderful cast including Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Bessie Love, and Lloyd Hughes.

The story is thought provoking; a scientist/explorer claims that there are still dinosaurs living on a plateau in the uncharted rainforest. This might sound silly now, but in the late 1920s, there were still many parts of the world that were blacked out on the map. The scientist decides to take a new expedition of people back the plateau not only to prove that dinosaurs live there but also in hopes of finding the family of Love's character who got lost in the search.

The dinosaurs are certainly not of the caliber of those in Jurassic Park, but for the time period, they were shockingly realistic. The sequences with them are interesting because they have been made to take on human characteristics. When they are attacked, they scream in pain. When they defend themselves and their children, they hug in happiness. They even inspect their own wounds. These things seem sort of silly, but they make the fight scenes more fun to watch.

This seems to be one of Milestone Videos earlier efforts, and it shows. Unfortunately, this film has many missing scenes which causes the viewer to feel unresolved about certain parts of the story and also wishing for more. Milestone, a wonderful company, has been trumped by the lesser Alpha video who offers almost a half an hour of more footage.

amazing restoration .......2006-11-10

The Lost world is one of the first of the animated monster movie genre and was made I guess in 1925 or so. It is silent with subtitles.
The plot is kind of silly because of its exagerated story line - A young reporter wants to get married to this ditsy girl who tells him he must do a great adventure first. So the guy signs up with a crazy scientist and company to go to the amazon to find a group of scientists led by a young pretty and sad girl's lost father.
They go there and there are dinosaurs up on a plateau that is difficult to get to. They get there, dinosaurs run aroung up the ying yang, and it is alot of fun, really..
I wont tell you if the guy ends up with his original spoiled fiance or with the nice girl - you can guess or just buy the dvd and see for yourself,
By the way they do bring a brontosaurus back to civilization and it gets loose and breaks lots of buildings and stuff - now we see where the King Kong formula originates.

Great fun and masterful restoration.

Wild in the streets (never trust a vegetarian).......2006-08-07

The eyes of the civilized world have never seen adventure and romance like this. A silent film with sound effects.

Professor Challenger (Wallace Beery) comes in to the possession of Professor Whites lost diary. It was brought to him by the surviving daughter Miss Paula (Bessie Love). When he is not mangling newspaper reporters he intends to prove the story of a plateau in Brazil still harbors the descendents of dinosaurs.

We see all the members of the expedition to both prove the existence of dinosaurs but also to save Paula's father. The adventure allows us to see fallen trees and dinosaur fights eight years before King Kong repeats the performance.

A friendly brontosaurus nibbles at the fallen tree that was to be their escape rout. So it looks like Paula will have to learn to love Edward (Lloyd Hughes) a news paper man that endeared himself to the curmudgeon Challenger. And what is to become of Sir John Roxton (Lewis Stone) who made no secret that he also is in love with Paula?
Always lurking in the background is the evil minded Ape-man (no not Tarzan) Bull Montana.

Hmm.......2006-08-04

First of all, I'm reviewing the Kino version of this film. Amazon ahs a tendency to move reviews around, so watch out.

Anyways, this is a pretty good restoration of a rather lame film.

The restoration fails when there is an obvious jump in the movie, meaning there is missing footage, and the jump is ignored. People simply appear and disappear mid-scene, and the restorer chose to ignore it. Given that the restorer is the otherwise superb David Shepherd, I'm surprised. Mr. Shepherd is a GREAT film restorer, but he obviously lost his focus here.

The music is not really inspiring. It's rather lifeless, and doesn't enhance the experience at all.

Which leaves us with the film. While the special effects are cool, the film is deathly slow, plodding away pitifully towards an ending which I hope is simply badly truncated through the ravages of time. It is dullsville. Boring, boring, boring. The only reason anybody cares about this film is the special effects, and those simply aren't up to the task of reviving this bulky corpse of an uninspiring film.

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Marxes on the Rampage
"Love flies out the door when money comes innuendo."
ONE OF THEIR BEST MOVIES!!
Marx Brothers Rule!!!!
THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER!!!

Monkey Business
Starring: Groucho Marx , Harpo Marx , Chico Marx , Zeppo Marx , and Rockliffe Fellowes
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
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ASIN: 6305078467
Release Date: 1998-06-24

Description

It's comedy on the high seas when the Marx Brothers sneak aboard an ocean liner and get involved in a crazy set of comedy capers not to be missed. A madcap vintage voyage where pure lunacy rides the waves.

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Marxes on the Rampage.......2006-01-12

The Marx Brothers' first Hollywood production survives as a masterpiece of cinematic anarchy. "Monkey Business" (1931) takes no prisoners -- it's fast, furious and doesn't give a damn about convention. There are enough sight gags and nonsequiturs for a half-dozen comedies. Thelma Todd is a lively addition to the Marxian ensemble and compensates for the absence of Margaret Dumont. Memorable Groucho dialogue: "Don't forget that the stockholder of yesteryear is the stowaway of today."

"Love flies out the door when money comes innuendo.".......2005-09-28

The first Marx Brothers movie filmed directly for the screen, it's their first great picture. They are a bunch of stowaways on an ocean liner who get mixed up with racketeers along the way. Fast and furiously funny for the most part, though the last 20 minutes, after they get off the ship (after the hilarious scene where they all try to immitate Maurice Chevalier) are a let down. It was their first movie in which rather than being merely wiseacres and insulting punsters they were truly anarchic: Harpo totally disrupts the passport proceedings, stamping everything in sight and then throwing the papers in the air. From this point on they would not be just verbally wild and funny guys, but their humor would take on a Freudian aspect as well. Definitely worth a watch.

ONE OF THEIR BEST MOVIES!!.......2004-03-08

I have recently become a DIE-HARD Marx Brothers fan. I was introduced to them by my wonderful cousin Lewis. THANK YOU LEWIS!!!!!!!!!! The Marx Brothers are FANTASTICALY HILARIOUS!! Monkey Business was the first movie of their's that I saw, and its, so far, the best. Even thought the others I have seen come close behind, there's just something about Monkey Business. Its down-right hilarious. Great lines by Groucho, great scene of Harpo and him playing the harpo, Chico and the piano...This movie deserves a 5 stars.

Marx Brothers Rule!!!!.......2003-08-16

I looooooove the marx brothers, and Monkey Buiness is one of my favourite Marx films! Anyone who hasn't seen this movie should, even if you are unfamilier with the Marxes. (As soon as you see your first Marx movie you will probably become obsessed with them anyway, like I did). Anyhow, this movie is filled with jokes from start to finish, and there's never a dull moment! HILARIOUS!

THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER!!!.......2003-07-22

THIS IS THE BEST MOVIE!!! TRUDY LOVES THIS MOVIE!!! THE MARX BROTHERS ARE NOT JUST A PART OF HISTORY, THEY ARE GREAT HUMANS!!! IF ONLY HALF THE HUMANS WERE ONE-TENTH AS INSIGHTFUL AS THE MARX BROTHERS, THE WORLD WOULDN'T BE SUCH A [bad] PLACE!!!!!! TRUDY THE MONKEY

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& then mr cooper said: "if you think elephants are big, wait til you see my next movie..."
A sad relic of human cruelty
Wonderful story, ethnographic detail

Chang
Starring: Kru , Chantui , Nah , Ladah , and Bimbo the Monkey
Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack , and Merian C. Cooper
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
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ASIN: B00004Z4VM
Release Date: 2000-11-21

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Before creating their grand fantasy King Kong, Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack took their cameras to Siam to put genuine wild jungle creatures on the screen in their part-adventure, part-documentary spectacle Chang. It was a smash hit upon its 1927 release and is still considered a classic of the genre, filled with sights that retain their power 70 years later. A loose story is constructed around the lives of a family living at the edge of the jungle in a hut raised high up on stilts. The father tracks the leopards killing his livestock while the children play with a veritable petting zoo of furry little pups and cubs. The filmmakers are at times condescending toward their tribal heroes ("We be mighty hunters, Kru," comments one warrior in an intertitle, as if their own language is but some pidgin dialect) and fill the film with goofy comic relief. Just forget the story and enjoy the sights: hunters building deadfalls and spring traps, a leopard charging through the woods, and the climactic elephant stampede. The images of the awesome beasts fording a river like a rampaging army while the villagers struggle to split the herd and save their village is astounding. The silent film is set to an original score by Bangkok composer Bruce Gaston and performed by the traditional Thailand orchestra Fong Naam.

The beautifully mastered DVD also features commentary by historian Rudy Behlmer, a color test for the film, a production essay, and a reproduction of the original press kit. --Sean Axmaker

Description

The lost masterpiece by the makers of "King Kong," Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack's "Chang" is available for the first time in over 45 years. Shot entirely in Siam, the film tells the story of a farmer and his family who have settled a small patch of land on the edge of the jungle. Their existence is a constant struggle against the many wild animals around them--bears, tigers, leopards, and even...changs! The climactic elephant stampede is still one of the most exciting scenes in cinema history.

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& then mr cooper said: "if you think elephants are big, wait til you see my next movie...".......2007-05-05

any fans of "king kong" (the real one, not the retreads) will be interested in this earlier merian c cooper movie, set in the jungles of then-siam, where a family learns to deal with the forces of nature, most notably an invading herd of elephants. short and involving, and fascinating as an early docudrama. also there is an interesting new musical score by thai musicians fongnam that id be tempted to buy on cd. still tho the main reason to see this is as a precursor to the skull island sequences of 5 years later.

A sad relic of human cruelty.......2005-03-27

Eww. This film is apparently a classic of the silent era, a pioneering jungle film by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, the producers of the 1931 hit, "King Kong." Filmed in location in Siam, this chronicles the life of a Laotian farm family living deep in the forest, amid elephants, tigers, leopards and all sorts of other beasties. Unfortunately, the film's theme is man vs. nature, with a distinctly pro-human, triumphalist agenda. Thus, while this is a technically well constructed work of art, it also basically amounts to a glorified animal snuff film, with villagers hunting and shooting large cats, snakes, monitor lizards, bears, elephants (the "chang" of the film's title...) and anything else on hoof, wing or belly that they could line up in front of the camera. And I don't mean fake-action shooting them -- these animals are really being shot and burned and speared and killed in front of our eyes. It's gross. As the animals yelp with anger and surprise, they are hounded and cut down in front of our eyes, as the silent-film placards crack out little one-liner "gag" captions, like, "Go Get 'Em, Fellas...!" If you have any empathy at all for the animals, this movie is simply unbearable to watch, steeped in the exploitative anti-nature ethos of the 19th Century... It's really a bummer.

Wonderful story, ethnographic detail.......2002-06-15

I bought the dvd to show to students -- it's full of wonderful details for folks interested in the history and way-of-life of villagers in 1920s Laos/Siam. The extras and commentary make for a fascinating history of Hollywood and American cultural penetration into Southeast Asia, as well. But ultimately it's the strong plot and amazing camera work that holds your attention. A great film. Not for lovers of happy animals, though. They kill plenty of them.

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Full of laughs, Ginger Rogers and Cary Grant are terrific.
Monkey Business doesn't Monkey Around
"Well, I love you, you potato head."
I Liked This Movie!
Adorable!

Monkey Business
Starring: Harry Bartell , Faire Binney , Jr. Harry Carey , Olive Carey , and Harry Carter
Director: Howard Hawks
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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ASIN: B0009HLD3C
Release Date: 2002-05-14

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Full of laughs, Ginger Rogers and Cary Grant are terrific........2007-05-16

Monkey Business doesn't Monkey Around.......2007-04-10

"Well, I love you, you potato head.".......2006-01-01

I Liked This Movie!.......2005-08-23

Adorable!.......2005-08-13

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ENOUGH ALREADY
Baz is an egotistical, self-centered prick - that's why he's gone!
okay caz we get it
They should have Never Fired Matt Fallon!

Skid Row - No Frills Video

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ASIN: B0009PN1ZW

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Songs from on the Album "Slave to the Grind" and the EP "B-Side Ourselves": The tracks are "Monkey Business", "Wasted Time", "Slave To The Grind", "Quicksand Jesus", and "In A Darkened Room" (from the "Slave To The Grind" album), as well as "Psycho Therapy" (Rachel Bolan, the bass player, takes the microphone on this) and "Little Wing" (from the EP "B-Side Ourselves"). ++++ DVD FEATURES: This officially licensed release from South Korea is All-Region NTSC Code 0 (playable worldwide) and provides 4:3 Full Screen display with Dolby Digital Surround Sound in ENGLISH. To access the DVD-ROM features you must have a computer capable of playing DVD movies (the disc will NOT work in a CD-ROM drive) running Microsoft Windows 95 or higher. The DVD-ROM features of this disc will not work on a Macintosh. Some features may require an Internet connection (not included).

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ENOUGH ALREADY.......2006-05-21

It's time to grow up and think about something new! The 80's are gone.Just like our big hair.Life is good almost 20 years later. It was fun,what I remember of it and today...?No regrets!Just some sweet memories. Have a nice day!
Matt Fallon. Now of British Columbia

Baz is an egotistical, self-centered prick - that's why he's gone!.......2006-05-21

Yeah, Matt was a great guy, but Baz put the Skids on the map. Unfortunately, he's a god in his own mind and pretty much destroyed the band from the inside all by himself. Shades of Van Halen...... As a fan, I agree that he is the voice of Skid Row, but having known the guys personally for over 20 years, I would never wish the pain they went through trying to deal with Baz on anyone. Better to limp along and enjoy life that do deal with that Bazzhole...............

Yeah guys, it's Tim and I'm tellin' it like it is.........

okay caz we get it.......2006-03-17

you are the one and only Matt Fallon fan. Let it go. No one has any interest in hearing anything by him. If they did, then he would have been the voice of Skid Row. Baz was, is, and always will be the voice of Skid Row. That is why he has a record contract and they don't even have a label.

They should have Never Fired Matt Fallon!.......2006-01-27

What were they thinking when they fired Matt Fallon(the original singer of Skid Row) Bach is over-rated and now won't even get back together with the original band and tour again. What a Loser!

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Tarzan and The Green Goddess
Starring: Frank Baker , Herman Brix , Don Costello , Earl Dwire , and Harry Ernest
Director: Edward A. Kull , and W.F. McGaugh
Manufacturer: Alpha Home Entertainment
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ASIN: B000MV9OEU
Release Date: 2007-03-27

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Historic feature version of the serial ""The New Adventures of Tarzan"".

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Enjoyable 1920s hokum
Dated, But Still Fascinating
amazing restoration
Wild in the streets (never trust a vegetarian)
Hmm

Lost World (1925) (Silent) (B&W)
Starring: Bessie Love , Lewis Stone , Wallace Beery , Lloyd Hughes , and Alma Bennett
Director: Harry O. Hoyt
Manufacturer: Alpha Video
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